Jondee here at Kamar-Taj, The Marvel prelude comics, written by Will Corona Pilgrim (and Fred Van Lente) bring readers and MCU fans up to date, but no big spoilers before the films. Still, potential spoilers! The film by Scott Derrickson is set for release on November 4th. This issue, Doctor Strange Prelude #1, features the […]

Jondee here at the Cantina, Han Solo #2 features a cover by Lee Bermejo with Han leaning back with his blaster as two expired thugs are slumped around him. This continues the series with Marjorie Liu and Mark Brooks and throws you into a splash page of action. The Millennium Falcon is flying past ships […]

Jondee here at Atlantis, Aquaman continues with a fine cover by Joshua Middleton, Aquaman is the central figure with a closeup of Mera swimming at the bottom and at the top is the looming red eyes of Black Manta! This is the second part of The Drowning, “Full Circle”, by Dan Abnett with art by […]

Jondee here in the Soviet Union, Flashback, the Soviet Union, 1977, a little boy, Alexi (Anthony Shudra) is playing a piano when his parents tell him they are leaving for America. He is caught by his blind grandfather who tells him to take what he wants and gives him a pocket knife. Back to Summer, […]

Jondee here at Washington D.C., The Purge (2013) was an interesting concept, starting with the house defended by Ethan Hawke, it was a next door future (2023) where crime is legal for twelve hours. The premise is that one night of sin purges all of it for the rest of the year, but it ends […]

Jondee here at the Belgian Congo, The “Me Tarzan” stereotype is persistent, even nodded to in this film, but the character apart from Johnny Weismuller to Ron Ely went through many incarnations. The closest was Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, but that film went astray and of course there was even a Disney cartoon. I […]

Jondee here at Camp Stillwater, The creators of Once Upon a Time, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, are collaborating with fellow producer on Once, Ian B. Goldberg, to bring some terror back to summer camp. The premiere has debuted on Freeform. It opens at Camp Stillwater, Wisconsin, in 1871, a black piano player (Tony Todd) […]

Jondee here at Amnesty Bay, Aquaman swims out of Rebirth under the writing guidance by Dan Abnett with a cover by interior artist Brad Walker, it’s a jam cover with Mera and Garth swimming in Atlantis, Aquaman in the center with trident, flanked by Black Manta and Ocean Master (their weapons end with bloody blades […]

Jondee here at Bwunda, The cover to Wonder Woman #1 by interior artist, Liam Sharp, features the warrior Wonder Woman bearing a sword, Steve Trevor in the background, and a were-creature with the rest, Hippolyta, and Ares, not featuring in the story. Also in the corner is the logo celebrating 75 years of Wonder Woman. […]

Jondee here on the Finalizer, We finally have another Marvel adaptation of a Star Wars movie with this limited series. I’m not sure how many issues it will last; I’m guessing five issues. It has a nice painted cover by Esad Ribic with Rey standing in front of Finn and BB-8 with the Falcon overhead. […]

Jondee here at Aduba-3, The Entertainment Weekly article (released online on June 22nd) introduced the characters that we saw in the cast photo from last year. Interesting was Donnie Yen’s character, Chirrut Imwe, a “warrior monk”, like the blind Zatoichi. This was a swordsman created by Kan Shimozawa and turned into a series of films […]

Jondee here at Gotham, Brian Azzarello and Frank Miller were working on The Dark Knight III: The Master Race with Andy Kubert and Klaus Janson providing the art. It’s a pass after The Dark Knight Strikes Again, there was something missing from Miller’s artwork and story, a focus or drive. I think Azzarello may be […]

Jondee here at Gravity Falls, Hulu is set to stream the animated and live action programming from the Disney Channel. Here’s the press release: SANTA MONICA, CA (June 16, 2016) – Hulu today announced an expansive new content licensing agreement with The Disney-ABC Television Group that will make full prior seasons of top rated kids […]

Jondee here at the Dragon Void, The big question of any Star Wars comic is how it furthers the story, in most cases, the recent comics stray and go off in their own corner. Not so with Han Solo #1. Writer Marjorie Liu currently has Monstress for Image, but has also written Astonishing X-Men and […]

Jondee here at Morro Bay, California, The short at the beginning of Finding Dory, “Piper”, was directed by Alan Barillaro. It has the shore with the fun, piper birds waddling out and in to catch clams before the waves roll in. Piper is the baby piper whose mother wants her to go out and find […]

Jondee here at the Celebration, This is a return to the article for the last day of Star Wars Celebration, April 19, 2015.  It gives some info on Rogue One.  (Pablo) Hidalgo then gave the official summary, “A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans and […]

Jondee here at the Magic Kingdom, Here we go with the top three Disney Rides into Movies. 3 Tower of Terror (1997). This was an early attempt at making a film of a ride, made for television, it starred Steve Guttenberg which took away interest in this film, but he works here. It gives the […]

Jondee here on Kashyyyk, This is a re:tro of an article posted on April 19, 2015, photos were not allowed at the panels, it will be a two-parter: The highlight of the day was the panel, “Conversations with Gareth Edwards & Josh Trank.” Pablo Hidalgo, Lucasfilm Brand Communications Manager was the host of the panel, […]

Jondee here at the Happiest Place on Earth, Unfortunately, it is early in the game to see other studios and parks making the cross over, but I could see Universal Studios seeing possibilities. I would like to see the Jurassic Park river ride find its way into a Jurassic World sequel. There have been mixed […]

Jondee here in Singapore, Tom Hanks started the role of Robert Langdon from the Dan Brown books in The Da Vinci Code (2006), and then the thriller set in the Vatican, Angels & Demons (2009), superior to the book, and now Inferno. He stars alongside Felicity Jones as Sienna Brooks and also Irrfan Khan as […]

Jondee here at Cleveland, Howard the Duck is an absurdity in Marvel’s stable of characters, created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik, eventually making it into a 1986 Howard the Duck film. We may also know him from Howard’s cameo at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).  It seems like comics creators are […]

Jondee here on Cydonia, Mars, Last year, there was The Martian, but on seeing recently Mission to Mars, that film is like an expanded segment of this film with a lost astronaut surviving on Mars and a recovery mission. The film was directed by Brian De Palma, an acclaimed director known for Carrie (1976), Scarface […]

Jondee here at Spindrift Station, Geoff Johns revitalized Aquaman with his run on the New52, this kinda sputtered out, and some other writers took over. I liked Jeff Parker’s run on the title following Johns ending with Aquaman on a quest to find his mother through gates. Dan Abnett took over at the end of […]

Jondee here on Arus, Voltron was of course based on the Toei Animation series Beast King GoLion, yeah Voltron sounds better. It was adapted for American audiences by World Events Productions about a year before Robotech adapted by Harmony Gold took over the airwaves. Voltron was known for having one of the coolest toys assembling […]

Jondee here at Themysicra, The New52 rebooted Wonder Woman’s origin as yet another child of Zeus instead of clay under Brian Azzarello, she hooked up with Superman for some reason, ignored by Azzarello, then Geoff Johns wrapped it up with Grail, the Amazonian daughter of Darkseid(?), and it was revealed, a twin brother. This tangled […]

Jondee here on Disney Channel, The Disney showcase is on its Latin princess, Elena, who will be be on Disney Channel. Here’s the press release: Princess Elena of Avalor will make her royal debut in the highly anticipated animated series “Elena of Avalor,” with a one hour premiere event FRIDAY, JULY 22 (7:00-8:00 p.m., EDT) […]

Jondee here at Enfield, The first Conjuring was brilliant, it had me almost from the opening image wanting to leave the theater, and again, but there was enough of the family and normal life that kept me to the end. Conjuring 2 is not at the same level of sheer terror, but once it started […]

Jondee here in The Matrix, The early 90’s gave us potential in computer graphics to fulfill the wildest science fiction visions and soon every super power. Disney hit its heights in the early 90’s, but will stumble here, until finishing in the 2000s for computer animated films. 1995 gave us Waterworld which was a terrific […]

Jondee here at Grizzly Peak, Summer is here and the sun is out beating down on park goers and cast members alike. This was a chance to go on Soarin’ Over California before it changes to Soarin’ Around the World on June 17th. It was the first ride of the day and proven to be […]

Jondee here at Isla Nubar, The Cold War was starting to go lukewarm, dot coms were the rage, and in the midst of all of this were the films. So get out your Discman, put on your Doc Martens, it’s time to Macarena for the 90’s movies! 1990 started with some sequels, there was Predator […]